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2.14 Boehm, Westminster Abbey roundel

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< Back to Introduction A bronze plaque or medallion with a portrayal of Darwin was installed in Westminster Abbey in 1888, six years after his grand funeral and burial there. Like the seated statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum of 1884–1885…

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  • … A Suggestion’, Pall Mall Gazette (27 April 1882). ‘Literary and other notes’, Times (13 May, …

List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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  • … Litchfield, R. B. (10) Literary Fund (1) …
  • … (2) Wealden Exploration Fund (1) Weale, J. P. …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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  • … from Scotland, from James Shaw, a schoolmaster with strong literary inclinations who wrote to Darwin …
  • … D. Hooker, 4 May [1865] ). Darwin contributed to a fund set up to support FitzRoy’s children …
  • … stay in March (Emma Darwin’s diary, DAR 242). A literary interlude While Darwin and …